Volkswagen ID4 common problems and MOT failures
What goes wrong on a used Volkswagen ID4, year by year: known faults from UK buying guides, the parts flagged at MOT more than on other cars (from 11,130 MOTs done during 2025), and what to check before you buy one.
Pick the year
Most years have their own guide. The year is when the car was first registered (it’s on the logbook, or check the reg below).
What usually goes wrong with a Volkswagen ID4?
We haven’t found widely reported faults for the Volkswagen ID4 in the UK buying guides we use yet. That doesn’t mean it has none, so check the car carefully and look at the MOT weak spots below.
Common Volkswagen ID4 MOT failures to check
Parts flagged at MOT well above the usual rate for cars the same age, in more than one year. From the DVSA’s results for every MOT done in Great Britain during 2025.
Shock absorbers
up to 8.1× usualStands out on cars registered in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Rough price £200–£300 (pair, average rear to front) ClickMechanicAt the viewing: Push down hard on each corner. It should bounce once and settle. Look for oil on the shock absorber body.
Volkswagen ID4 MOT pass rate by year
Of the years since 2005 with plenty of MOT tests, the 2021 Volkswagen ID4 did best (89% passed first time, 2 points above all 2021 cars) and the 2023 did worst (89%, 3 points below all 2023 cars). Older cars fail more, so compare each year with all cars registered the same year.
Questions to ask the seller before buying a Volkswagen ID4
Ask before you travel to see it. A seller who knows the car will have answers, and receipts.
- Any recent work on the shock absorbers? (Flagged at MOT 8.1× as often on the Volkswagen ID4 as on other cars the same age.)
- Can I see the service history and receipts for any big jobs?
Looking at a Volkswagen ID4?
Check the actual car: its own MOT history, whether it already shows these weak spots and what to ask the seller. Free, no sign-up.
Where this comes from: MOT figures are the DVSA’s anonymised results for every MOT test done in Great Britain during 2025, grouped by the year each car was first registered. How many are on the road is from the Department for Transport’s vehicle licensing statistics. Known faults are from UK buying guides, in our own words, with links. How we score